Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:30:15 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shells/bash-4.0 port horribly broken Message-ID: <20090312103015.2ee5dbef@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <76B7C6A4-B380-4224-AF69-03ABB1CE5175@lassitu.de> References: <20090311210322.GA17971@ozzmosis.com> <20090312073556.GA39778@ozzmosis.com> <20090312112958.4d0cac92.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> <76B7C6A4-B380-4224-AF69-03ABB1CE5175@lassitu.de>
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--Sig_/E2Hd0ijsHgxnUY5CXO.uHcO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:48:09 +0100 Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> wrote: >Am 12.03.2009 um 11:29 schrieb Emanuel Haupt: > >>>> $ sudo make >>>> =3D=3D=3D> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found >>>> =3D> bash-4.tar.gz is not in /usr/ports/shells/bash/distinfo. >>>> =3D> Either /usr/ports/shells/bash/distinfo is out of date, or >>>> =3D> bash-4.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly. >>>> *** Error code 1 >>>> >>>> Stop in /usr/ports/shells/bash. >>> >>> Update: After a recent ports tree update bash now builds correctly >>> here. >> >> The update still remains broken: >> >> [fooman@portjail ~]$ pkg_info >> bash-static-4.0.10_1 The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell >> >> [root@portjail ~]$ set -x >> [root@portjail ~]$ echo $(uname) >> -bash: command substitution: line 25: syntax error near unexpected =20 >> token `)' >> -bash: command substitution: line 25: `uname)' > >I also find this rather annoying. I believe that a rather large =20 >percentage of people use bash as their default shell, so moving from =20 >3.2 to 4.0 should have been preceded by a headsup or an entry in =20 >UPDATING. I am having the exact same problem. Several of my scripts are now failing. I have modified a few with the older "`" tic method to make them work; however, I feel that the easiest thing would be to simply revert to Bash-3. Was this some sort of 'improvement' by the Bash developers, or is it an un-squashed bug? --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com --Sig_/E2Hd0ijsHgxnUY5CXO.uHcO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkm5HHgACgkQBvaKIJWWCO1rhACfT6SoYVR2sqw0utHGFLt5TBzx fqwAn0MDleToPSAPEZtMSnYw+5f2s0wI =Nx7i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/E2Hd0ijsHgxnUY5CXO.uHcO--
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